Babysitter
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-2022
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"In the waning days of the 1970s, the lives of several residents of Detroit and its affluent white suburbs are drawn together following the disappearance of yet another child. Hannah, a wife and mother, begins an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger; Mikey, a young street hustler, finds himself on an unexpected mission to rectify injustice; and then there's the child serial killer known as Babysitter, an enigmatic and elusive figure at the periphery of elite Detroit, who has always been impossible to identify and immune to retribution. As Babysitter continues to strike-sending the city and its surroundings into pandemonium-these characters intersect, jeopardize one another, and are pushed to their limits. Suspenseful, brilliant, and wholly engrossing, Babysitter asks what we would risk for a chance at a new life, and how to protect all we cherish most. A scathing indictment of the corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and sexual predation in America, Babysitter is a thrilling novel and an absolute force"--
Main title:
Babysitter / Joyce Carol Oates.
Author:
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2022.©2022
Collation:
431 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Portions of the work originally appeared as 'Babysitter' in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine(2006) and were subsequently collected in Horror: The Best of the Year (2006) (Prime Books, 2006)"-- Title page verso.
ISBN:
97800085368249780008536824
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
519131
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - Crime | OATE | Onloan - Due: 28 Sep 2024 |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - Crime | OATE | Onloan - Due: 17 Oct 2024 |